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They said, “Stay away! Don’t touch me!
I’m holier than you are.”
They have become like smoke in my nose,
like a smoldering fire all day long.

“Look! It is written in front of me.

I will not be silent, but I will repay.
I will repay you in full.
I will repay you for your sins
and for the sins of your ancestors,” says the Lord.
They burnt incense on the mountains and slandered me on the hills,
so I will be the first to pay them back in full.

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who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(A) for you!’
Such people are smoke(B) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent(C) but will pay back(D) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps(E)
both your sins(F) and the sins of your ancestors,”(G)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(H)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(I) for their former deeds.”

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